§103a Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund

Summary

The Treasury must set up a fund called the Department of Homeland Security Nonrecurring Expenses Fund. Unused, expired discretionary General Fund money that was given to DHS by this or any other law can be moved into the fund, but only if the transfer happens by the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last year those funds were available for their original purpose. Money in the fund stays available until spent and can be used, along with other money, for information technology updates and needed facility improvements to run DHS, but the Office of Management and Budget must approve. The money cannot be broken up and spent for a fiscal year until after the law that provides DHS full-year appropriations for that year is enacted, and the House and Senate Appropriations Committees must get at least 15 days’ notice before the planned use.